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New Atlanticist

New Atlanticist is the Atlantic Council’s public policy blog. It seeks to provide expert analysis, accessible to a broad readership, on the most pressing issues facing the transatlantic community.

Inflection Points

A weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe, Inflection Points focuses on the global challenges facing the United States and how to best address them.

UkraineAlert

UkraineAlert is a comprehensive online publication that provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture, with commentary drawn from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community.

MENASource

The MENASource blog follows the transitions in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Syria, as well as other political and economic changes throughout the region. MENASource provides a platform for diverse perspectives from the US, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa on major issues that are at stake in the post-Arab Spring era.

SyriaSource

SyriaSource, a project of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, amplifies Syrian voices, alongside Atlantic Council researchers and fellows, to showcase issues most pertinent to Syrians. The blog features news and analysis directly from Syrian sources as well as international experts.

IranSource

IranSource provides a holistic look at Iran’s internal dynamics, global and regional policies, and posture through unique analysis of current events and long-term, strategic issues related to Iran.

EnergySource

EnergySource provides analysis and insight on key energy issues, making sense of key energy trends and their implications for geopolitics, geoeconomics, policy, and markets.

AfricaSource

AfricaSource provides in-depth analysis and incisive commentary by the Africa Center’s experts on the people and events shaping the present and future of the world’s most dynamic regions.

Econographics

Econographics help visualize and contextualize the most important trends and developments in the global economy.

TURKEYSource

TURKEYSource provides analysis and insight on Turkey and related developments with coverage from Turkish, regional, and international experts. This blog offers timely news and commentary on key issues related to transatlantic relations, energy, business, migration, and key players.

SouthAsiaSource

SouthAsiaSource is the Atlantic Council’s premier publication for South Asian affairs, covering areas such as economics and trade, governance, education, climate and environmental issues, politics and diplomacy, migration, security, and other areas.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2015

Today’s Energy Security Risks: Complacency, Uncertainty, and Ideology

By David L. Goldwyn

At the 2015 Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul, twenty-one Ministers and senior officials from Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East met to assess the changing geopolitics of energy security. The assembly was a reminder that energy security — the ability of a nation to secure affordable, reliable, and sustainable supplies […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

MENASource

Dec 3, 2015

Top News: UK Begins Syria Air Strikes After Parliament Vote

By MENASource

Britain joined the US-led bombing campaign over Syria on Thursday, hitting an oil field held by the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) just hours after a decisive parliamentary vote authorized air strikes.

MENASource

Dec 3, 2015

Top News: Egypt Court Withdraws Raba’a Operations Room Sentences, Orders Retrial

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Court of Cassation revoked on Thursday death sentences issued to Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 11 other leading members of the group, in the case known publicly as the Raba’a Control Room Trial.

SyriaSource

Dec 3, 2015

Top News: December 3, 2015

By SyriaSource

– UK begins Syria air strikes after parliament vote– Kerry calls for Syrian, Arab ground troops against ISIS– Russia-Syria prepare for Idlib battle; FSA coalition launches new offensive in the south– Syrian opposition figures accept Saudi invite to attend Riyadh conference– Russia, Turkey trade accusations over who bought oil from ISIS– Germany considering sending aircraft […]

Syria

Trade in Action

Dec 3, 2015

TTIP & Trade Action – December 2

By Global Business & Economics Program

Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström speaks at a meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council on November 27. (Photo Credit: The European Union) TTIP Graphic of the Week This graphic by the European Commission’s TTIP Team clearly indicates the challenges European SMEs are currently facing in exporting to the united States and highlights the gains for small […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Dec 3, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Floats Idea to Lift Oil Prices but Iran, Russia Reject Cuts

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia reportedly floated the idea of a global deal to balance oil markets and lift prices, although fellow producers Iran and Russia on Thursday rejected the prospect of cutting output.

New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2015

Five Questions: The World in 2035

Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, and Mathew Burrows, Director of the Strategic Foresight Initiative at the Atlantic Council, explain the ideas behind the new joint study of the world as it could be in 2035: Global System on the Brink: Pathways Towards A New Normal.  The co-authored […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 2, 2015

NATO’s Invitation to Montenegro an ‘Important’ Response to Russia’s Bluster

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Damon Wilson says decision puts NATO on a ‘safer path forward for security and stability’ NATO’s invitation to Montenegro to join the military alliance — its first expansion since 2009 — is the right decision, has significant implications, and is an important response to Russia’s actions in Eastern Europe, said Damon Wilson, Executive […]

NATO Russia

Bremain vs Brexit

Dec 2, 2015

Tea Time in the Union

By Global Business and Economics

As Cameron continues to walk the tight rope on Brexit, it is worth considering those Britons living abroad.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

SyriaSource

Dec 2, 2015

Boots on the Ground: Slowly, Slowly

By Frederic C. Hof

President Obama long ago articulated very clearly his anti-Islamic State (ISIL, ISIS, or Da’esh) objective: degrade and destroy it. When it became clear that the November 13 attacks in Paris had been planned in ISIL’s Syria headquarters, it was reasonable to assume that the operational emphasis would shift from degrade to destroy, that the United […]

Syria
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